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The Use of U.S. Power: Implications for U.S. Interests
2007-10-23 14:10:00 The Use of U.S. Power : Implications for U.S. Interests By Stanley R. Sloan, Robert G. Sutter, Casimir A. Yost, The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD), Georgetown University The Use of U.S. Power: Implications for U.S. Interests examines the way the United States has deployed its power resources since 9/11 and assesses the impact of U.S. ... More About: Politics , Ebook
Progressive Nationalism: Citizenship and the Left
2007-10-23 14:01:00 Progressive Nationalism : Citizenship and the Left By David Goodhart, Demos Progressive Nationalism: Citizenship and the Left argues that new citizens need to more visibly ‘earn’ their citizenship through tests and probationary periods. It also argues that there needs to be a clearer link between citizenship and welfare entitlement for all citizens if the solidarities underpinning the welfare ... More About: Progressive , Politics , Ebook
A Little Knowledge
2007-10-19 13:28:00 A Little Knowledge : Privacy, Security, and Public Information after September 11 By Peter M. Shane, John Podesta, Richard C. Leone, The Century Foundation With the growth of the World Wide Web and the signing of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments in the mid-1990s, technology promised empowerment and freedom. The web held the potential to create ... More About: Politics , Ebook
Confronting ?the Enemy Within?
2007-10-19 13:17:00 Confronting “the Enemy Within ”: Security Intelligence, the Police, and Counterterrorism in Four Democracies By Peter Chalk, William Rosenau, RAND Corporation Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, critics have charged that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), while qualified to investigate terrorist incidents after the fact, is not well equipped to adequately ... More About: Politics , Ebook , The Enemy Within
Varieties of Conservatism in America
2007-10-14 14:12:00 Varieties of Conservatism in America By Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Press The essays in this volume demonstrate that the debate among conservatives about which principles and practices are most urgently in need of protection is also a debate with the larger liberalism that undergrids the American constitutional order. Varieties of Conservatism in America suggest as well that this ... More About: Politics , Ebook
Varieties of Progressivism in America
2007-10-14 14:07:00 Varieties of Progressivism in America By Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Press Whereas conservatives in America often disagree over which moral and political goods are most urgently in need of conservation, contemporary progressives are principally divided over the means?the kinds of government action?for achieving the progressive ends around which they unite. Varieties of Progressivism in America focuses on the ... More About: Politics , Ebook
Leviathan (Free PDF)
2007-09-21 07:15:00 Leviathan: The Growth of Local Government and the Erosion of Liberty By Clint Bolick, Hoover Press Those who declare the era of big government over, says Clint Bolick, are dead wrong. In Leviathan: The Growth of Local Government and the Erosion of Liberty, Bolick shows that, although the national government has downsized somewhat since the Reagan ... More About: Politics , Free , Ebook , Leviathan
The Age of Uncertainty (Free PDF)
2007-09-21 07:09:00 The Age of Uncertainty: The U.S.-China-Japan Triangle from Tiananmen Edited by Ezra F. Vogel, Yuan Ming, Akihiko Tanaka, Harvard University Asia Center How did the three powers in the Asia-Pacific region ? the United States, China, and Japan ? adjust their relations in the uncertain environment after Tiananmen (June 4, 1989) and the end of the Cold ... More About: Politics , Free , Ebook , Cert
Corruption - The World?s Big C
2007-09-21 07:03:00 Corruption - The World ’s Big C By Ian Senior, Institute of Economic Affairs Corruption - The World ’s Big C analyses the causes and consequences of corruption. There are many social and moral problems created by corruption, but from an economic perspective it has to be regarded as a serious impediment to the proper functioning of a market ... More About: Politics , Ebook , Corruption
Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power
2007-09-06 15:36:00 Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power By Anatol Lieven, Yale University Press Anatol Lieven, a correspondent for the London Times in the former Soviet Union from 1990 to 1996, and now a reporter in Central Europe for the Financial Times, claims that Russia’s defeat in Chechnya “represents the end of Russia as a great military and imperial power” ... More About: Politics , Ebook , Chechnya
Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight 007
2007-09-05 08:35:00 Incident at Sakhalin: The True Mission of KAL Flight 007 By Michel Brun The KAL 007 tragedy was one of the most dramatic and dangerous episodes in the last phase of the Cold War. Despite two official investigations, innumerable television reports, newspaper and magazine articles, and books, the startling truth of this incident - in which 269 ... More About: Politics , Military , Ebook
The Forgotten Homeland: A Century Foundation Task Force Report
2007-09-05 08:25:00 The Forgotten Homeland: A Century Foundation Task Force Report By Richard A. Clarke, Rand Beers, et al., The Century Foundation “The Forgotten Homeland: A Century Foundation Task Force Report transcript from the June 29, 2006 panel discussion event, featuring Richard A. Clarke, Rand Beers, Jane A. Bullock, Martin O’Malley, and Richard C. Leone. (24 pages, PDF) gathers ... More About: Politics , Ebook
The Secret History of the Iraq War
2007-09-03 07:29:00 The Secret History of the Iraq War By Yossef Bodansky In the months leading up to March 2003, fresh from its swift and heady victory in Afghanistan, the Bush administration mobilized the United States armed forces to overthrow the government of Iraq. Eight months after the president declared an end to major combat operations, Saddam Hussein was ... More About: Politics , Military , Iraq War
Civil Democratic Islam: Partners, Resources, and Strategies
2007-09-03 07:19:00 Civil Democratic Islam : Partners, Resources , and Strategies By Cheryl Benard Islam’s own internal struggles make it difficult for outsiders to understand the actors and the issues. The author sheds light on these issues and suggests ways for the international community to cope. In this extremely short work, Benard seeks to structure a design that will allow ... More About: Politics , Ebook
The Congress: Preserving Our Institutions
2007-09-01 08:08:00 The Congress : Preserving Our Institutions ‘Constitutional Amendment Needed to Preserve Continuity of Congress,’ Says New Commission Report This report, released by the AEI-Brookings Continuity of Government Commission, recommends Congress adopt a constitutional amendment to ensure that the House of Representatives and Senate could reconstitute quickly in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. The Continuity of Government ... More About: Politics , Ebook
Tracking the Dragon
2007-09-01 07:48:00 Tracking the Dragon : National Intelligence Estimates on China during the Era of Mao, 1948-1976 By National Intelligence Council NIC 2004-05, October 2004. Compiled and edited by John K. Allen, et al. Contains thirty-seven National Intelligence Estimates on China. The included CD-ROM contains these and an additional thirty-four other such documents. Represents the most authoritative intelligence assessments of ... More About: Politics , Ebook , Tracking , Trac
Meeting Funder Compliance
2007-08-29 06:05:00 Meeting Funder Compliance : A Case Study of Challenges, Time Spent, and Dollars Invested By Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Paul Steinberg, Rand Corporation Funders provide financial support to nonprofit organizations, which use the funding to implement programs that provide services to clients. A key part of this relationship is the need for nonprofits to ensure funding compliance ? the need ... More About: Politics , Ebook , Meeting
China?s Democratic Future
2007-08-27 15:54:00 China’s Democratic Future : How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead By Bruce Gilley From Publishers Weekly China’s Democratic Future is an optimistic prediction from a journalist with more than a decade’s experience reporting for the Far Eastern Economic Review. Gilley argues, against Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations, that China’s culture is not alien to democratic possibilities and ... More About: Politics , China , Ebook
Strategic Choices in Science and Technology
2007-08-26 07:23:00 Strategic Choices in Science and Technology : Korea in the Era of a Rising China By Somi Seong, Steven W. Popper, Kungang Zheng Investigates strategies and policies for Korea to pursue, particularly in science and technology, in light of a rising China. Active investment in China, finding more market opportunities in China, and strengthening the cooperative relationship with ... More About: Politics , Science and Technology , Ebook
Democracy in America
2007-08-26 07:17:00 Democracy in America By Alexis De Tocqueville “Tocqueville wrote the bible on democracy.”-The Texas Observer “This new translation by Goldhammer gets to the heart of Tocqueville’s words.”-Library Journal “No better study of a nation’s institutions and culture than Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has ever been written by a foreign observer; none perhaps as good.” -The New ... More About: Politics , Ebook , Democracy
Winning Florida: How the Bush Team Fought the Battle
2007-08-22 08:05:00 Winning Florida : How the Bush Team Fought the Battle By Robert Zelnick With a reporter’s keen eye for detail, award-winning journalist Zelnick conveys every emotion of the key players in this battle, presenting a rich, colorful tale that reads more like a fictional political thriller than the bizarre real-life drama It was?from election night through the U.S. ... More About: Politics , Ebook
China Confidential
2007-08-19 05:13:00 China Confidential: American Diplomats and Sino-American Relations, 1945-1996 Compiled and Edited by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Tucker has captured the insider’s story of American policymaking toward China from 1945 to 1966. In the past sixty years, relations between China and the United States have fluctuated wildly. Such divisive issues as human rights, the future of Tibet and Taiwan, ... More About: Politics , China , Ebook
High-Performance Government
2007-08-12 05:23:00 High-Performance Government : Structure, Leadership, Incentives Edited by: Robert Klitgaard, Paul C. Light Improving how our government works is urgent business for America. In this book experts from the RAND corporation provide practical ways for government to reorganize and restructure, enhance leadership, and create flexible, performance-driven agencies. In 2003, the National Commission on the Public Service, chaired by ... More About: Politics , Ebook , High
Climate Change: Debating America?s Policy Options
2007-08-05 08:00:00 Climate Change: Debating America ’s Policy Options By David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology Climate change is one of the most complex issues facing policy-makers today. David G. Victor, a leading expert on environmental policy, takes a fresh look at this issue and persuasively marshals arguments for three distinct approaches to combat the problem, ... More About: Politics , Environment , Climate Change , Climate
The UN?s Role in Nation-Building
2007-07-22 15:38:00 The UN’s Role in Nation -Building : From the Congo to Iraq By: James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, Andrew Rathmell, Brett Steele, Richard Teltschik, Anga Timilsina Reviews UN nation-building efforts to transform unstable countries into democratic, peaceful, and prosperous partners, and compares those efforts to U.S. led missions. The UN’s Role in Nation-Building complements the authors? earlier ... More About: Politics , Ebook
Preparing to Be President
2007-07-21 15:58:00 Preparing to Be President : The Memos of Richard E. Neustadt By Richard E. Neustadt Edited by Charles O. Jones American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and Brookings Institution Press 2000 Shortly after the publication forty years ago of Presidential Power, the most influential book on the presidency, Richard E. Neustadt was asked by then-senator John F. ... More About: Politics , Ebook , Resident , Prep
The Vote: Bush, Gore, and the Supreme Court
2007-07-20 15:14:00 The Vote: Bush , Gore , and the Supreme Court By Cass R. Sunstein, Richard A. Epstein Though George W. Bush took office in January, the nation is still recovering from the prolonged and complex process by which he was elected. The Florida electoral controversy and the subsequent decisions by both the Florida courts and the U.S. Supreme Court ... More About: Politics , Ebook
Truth Against Truth
2007-07-20 15:08:00 Truth Against Truth Israelis have one truth, Palestinians have another. It’s time we get to know what the other side thinks. Truth Against Truth is A Completely Different Look At The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Avneri’s intriguing 32-page illustrated book is a must-read for anyone who cares about the need to find a solution to the seemingly insoluble conflict. More About: Politics , Truth , Ebook , Ruth
Innerland: A Guide Into The Heart Of The Gospel
2007-07-18 16:32:00 Innerland: A Guide Into The Heart Of The Gospel By Eberhard Arnold Innerland is a bold and challenging invitation to the path of discipleship that speaks to both the terrors and the hopes of our time. Along with the likes of John Woolman, Thomas Kelly, and Dorothy Day, Eberhard Arnold is one of the great secrets of ... More About: Religion , Ebook
The Individual and World Need
More articles from this author:2007-07-12 04:36:00 The Individual and World Need By Eberhard Arnold Timeless yet as timely as ever, The Individual and World Need explores the relationship of the individual to world suffering and points clearly to a solution. Enlivened by a wide variety of anecdotes–from the ancient myth of Prometheus to the expressionist Franz Werfel–Eberhard Arnold’s message is simple but revolutionary: ... More About: Religion , Ebook , Dual 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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